Cervical compressive myelopathy caused by malfunction of a programmable cerebrospinal fluid shunt valve

Cervical compressive myelopathy caused by malfunction of a programmable cerebrospinal fluid shunt valve

The primary treatment for hydrocephalus is ventricular shunt placement, and a programmable valve is widely used for ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt surgery to reduce over/under drainage of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Here, we report a rare case of a patient who developed successive VP shunt malfuncti...

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Main Authors: Kota Sato, Toru Yamashita, Keichiro Tsunoda, Mami Takemoto, Nozomi Hishikawa, Jinwei Shang, Yasuyuki Ohta, Ken Kuwahara, Takao Yasuhara, Isao Date, Koji Abe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-12-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751918300082

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